Naoto Ohshima's art that inspired Sonic's animations and more...

MasterDreamcaster · Feb 23, 2023

shilz said:

A few things in this thread stand out to me because I just read this interview with Naoto Ooshima while looking at references for his style vs his crew's touchups.

Snowbound said:

Adamis said:

That enemy always reminded me of King Nikochan, from Toriyama's "Dr Slump" manga.

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Hmm… Ohshima liked this tweet…
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… so maybe he was inspired by Dr Slump while working on Twin Stars/Early Sonic.

There’s one more interesting response today:
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If Ohshima understood the question then I think he’s saying that the rabbit concept was inspired by who framed roger rabbit just like Madonna was
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Both are actually probably correct, he listed Walt Disney and Akira Toriyama as 2 of 5 illustrators he likes. It stands to reason stuff the Disney company produced after the fact is also an influence. Sonic is probably where those influences collide the most.

Q.Who are some illustrators/manga artists that you like?
A.Walt Disney, Moebius, Akira Toriyama, Hayao Miyazaki, Monkey Punch. I was moved by what was created by them, and I hope to get even a little closer to where they are, and to make somebody happy.
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Blue Spikeball said:

I read his tweet as saying that Sonic's Madonna was based on the real life Madonna rather than Jessica Rabbit.
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Even if that wasn't a conscious influence here, it's at least half-true.

Not sure where I saw the other one, but somewhere he said he didn't have a lot from back then, and I think this is from a habbit he developed that seems to continue to this day:

As an aside, although I do draw roughs and such in sketchbooks, most of the time they end up on the backs of printouts, or I just scribble onto whatever piece of paper that I happen to see. As a result, I often ended up throwing them out after I’d finished using them. In this feature, I’m sharing some of the rough art from the production process that we still had in our possession despite that.
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Speaking of Monkey Punch...

Chimes · Feb 23, 2023

finally, a connection for genehf's icon

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